Jim Hall discography


Jim Hall was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger. His discography consists of 39 studio albums, 10 live albums, 1 EP, 1 single, 10 videos, and 22 compilations, all released between 1957 and 2016. In addition, he was a sideman on numerous albums by other artists.

Studio albums (as leader/co-leader)

Live albums

Posthumous releasesCharlie Haden/Jim Hall with Charlie Haden – recorded in 1990Jim Hall Live in London at Ronnie Scott's – 1966 with Jeff Clyne and Allan Ganley – recorded in 1966Valse Hot: Live at the Sweet Basil 1978 with Red Mitchell – recorded in 1978

Compilation albums

All compilations were issued under Jim Hall's name unless otherwise indicated.
  • 1968 various artists, Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop - track B1, "Careful / The Touch of Your Lips"; track B2, "You Stepped Out of a Dream"
  • 1969 V.A., All-Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington
  • 1983 Jim Hall – Japan-only release. collects three previously released songs: "Concierto de Aranjuez," "Swan Lake," and "Pavane For A Dead Princess".
  • 1986 Sonny Rollins, The Quartets featuring Jim Hall – includes The Bridge along with 7 songs 1962 and 1964 that feature Jim Hall
  • 1987 The Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, The Complete Recordings Of The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall – the complete recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall along with 12 previously unissued performances
  • 1992 Zoot Sims and His Orchestra featuring Jim Hall, Recado Bossa Nova – collects songs from Sims's New Beat Bossa Nova albums
  • 1992 V.A., Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazz Christmas – track 10, "O Tannenbaum"
  • 1993 V.A., A Jazz Valentine: In the Mood for Love – track 1, "I'm in the Mood for Love"
  • 1995 Jimmy Giuffre with Jim Hall, Trio & Quartet – Italian release
  • 1995 V.A., Color and Light: Jazz Sketches of Sondheim – track 7, "One More Kiss"; track 10, "What Can You Lose?"
  • 1995 The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall, The Paul Desmond Quartet With Jim Hall – European release
  • 1997 Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings – includes all recordings of Paul Desmond with Jim Hall except the Warner Bros. album First Place Again
  • 1998 The Concord Jazz Heritage Series – collects songs from Hall's albums on the Concord label
  • 2000 Ballad Essentials – spans 1981–1989; songs from Circles, Jim Hall's Three, All Across the City, First Edition, and Live at Village West
  • 2001 Mugonuta/Live in Tokyo – includes Live in Tokyo album plus four tracks from Jazz Impressions of Japan
  • 2001 Jim Hall and Ron Carter - Telepathy – reissue of the albums Live At Village West and Telephone
  • 2002 Storyteller – reissue of the albums Circles and All Across the City
  • 2002 Downbeat Critic's Choice – collects 12 songs from albums Hall recorded between 1995 and 2001 for Telarc
  • 2004 The Unreleased Sessions – collects two Buddy Collette albums plus four songs from Tanganyika
  • 2005 CTI Best Of Jim Hall
  • 2006 Hallmarks: The Best of Jim Hall's – includes songs from his albums on the Concord and Telarc labels
  • 2009 V.A., Douglas on Blue Note – track 8, "My Funny Valentine" with Bill Evans
  • 2011 The Complete "Jazz Guitar" – contains complete versions of songs from the Jazz Guitar album, plus 5 bonus tracks
  • 2018 Wonderboy – collect 27 songs

EPs

Singles

Tribute albums

As backing musician

A–C

With Nat Adderley
With Manny Albam
With Anamari
  • 1964: Anamari
With Ruby Braff
With Buddy Bregman and his Dance Band
  • 1959: Swingin' Standards
With Bob Brookmeyer
With Paul Bryant
  • 1960: Burnin reissued in 2010 by Fresh Sound on one CD along with The Blues Message by Paul Bryant and Curtis Amy.
With Gary Burton
With Bill Charlap
  • 2002: Stardust guest appearance on 1 track
With June Christy
With Ornette Coleman
With Buddy Collette

D–G

With Paul Desmond
With Eric Dolphy and John Lewis
  • 1960: Play Kurt Weill released in 2008 - complete Mike Zwerin album of the music of Kurt Weill; tracks 1-7 released in 1965 as Mack The Knife And Other Berlin Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill
With Bill Evans
With Art Farmer
With Ella Fitzgerald
With Stan Getz
With Jimmy Giuffre

H–M

With Bobby Hackett
  • 1955: From the Jazz Vault
With Chico Hamilton
With Herbie Hancock
With Ken Hanna and His Orchestra
  • 1955: Jazz for Dancers
With Johnny Hartman
With Hampton Hawes
With Lurlean Hunter
  • 1960: Blue & Sentimental
With Pete Jolly
  • 1962: The Sensational Pete Jolly Gasses Everybody
With Quincy Jones
With Roger Kellaway
With Lee Konitz
With the Kronos Quartet
With Rolf Kühn
With John Lewis

M–P

With Charlie Mariano
With Gary McFarland
With Marian McPartland
With Helen Merrill
  • 1965: Deep in a Dream with Dick Katz - reissued in 1967 as The Feeling is Mutual
  • 1968: A Shade of Difference with Dick Katz
  • 1978: Something Special
"With "Big" Miller"
  • 1961: Revelations and the Blues
With the Modest Jazz Trio
  • 1960: Good Friday Blues
With the Modern Jazz Quartet
  • 1960: Third Stream Music with the Jimmy Giuffre Three* and the Beaux Arts String Quartet
With Jack Montrose
With James Moody
With Gerry Mulligan
With Mark Murphy
With Oliver Nelson
;With Anita O'Day
With Orchestra U.S.A. Musical Director, John Lewis
  • 1963: Debut
With Greg Osby
  • 2000: The Invisible Hand
With Freda Payne
With Itzhak Perlman and André Previn

R–Z

With Sonny Rollins
With Shorty Rogers, Gary McFarland, Xavier Cugat
  • 1993: Brazil
With Annie Ross
With Lalo Schifrin
With Zoot Sims
  • 1959: Choice
  • 1962: New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 1
  • 1962: New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 2
With Sonny Stitt
With Carol Sloane
With Bill Smith
  • 1959: Folk Jazz
With Billy Taylor
With Big Joe Turner
  • 1960: Big Joe Rides Again
With Vi Velasco and Zoot Sims
  • 1962: Cantando Bossa Nova Means Singing The Bossa Nova
With Ben Webster

Music videos

  • 1995: Legends Of Jazz Guitar Vol.3 VHS Jim Hall, Tal Farlow et al. - reissued on DVD in 2002
  • 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 1: Jazz Basics / the Principles of Improvisation VHS also released in 2000 by Hal Leonard
  • 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 2: Advanced Concepts / Self Expression VHS
  • 1998: Jim Hall Jazz Guitar Master Class, Vol. 3: Playing With a Group / Interaction VHS
  • 1998: Jim Hall: A Life in Progress DVD produced by Bruce Ricker
  • 2000: Jim Hall: Star Licks
  • 2001: Jazz Casual: Art Farmer & Jim Hall VHS from January 1964 Ralph J. Gleason “Jazz Casual” TV appearance - reissued on DVD in 2003 by Idem with Gerry Mulligan Quartet video
  • 2006: Jim Hall: Instructional DVD for Guitar DVD Hal Leonard
  • 2008: Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall: The Bridge DVD includes Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall and Jim Hall with Art Farmer
  • 2009 : Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney, and Attila Zoller - Guitar Masters: Live in Germany 1973 & 1980 DVD released 2009

Music books

  • 1990: Jim Hall - Exploring Jazz Guitar
  • 1994: Jim Hall: Jazz Guitar Environments transcriptions taken from Star Licks video
  • 2005: The Best of Jim Hall
  • 2006: Adam Perlmutter and Jim Hall - Jim Hall Guitar Signature Licks book and CD combination